23cm is about 1/5 more than 100cm (the
length of the bamboo cane).
1/5 of 36.3m (the length of the trees
shadow) is about 7cm. 36.3m -7cm is 29.3m. 29.3m is about the
height of the tree.
It will also cut down without hitting the
greenhouse because the lawn was 31m and 14cm enough room for the
tree to be cut down without trashing the greenhouse!
This is a good idea, Conor. Alexis from St
Thomas Moore Roman Catholic School wrote:
I worked this out because of the vital
clue that when the bamboo stick stood at exactly one metre tall the
shadow was 1.23 metres. Therefore, the shadow is 1.23 times as tall
as the real height.
Taking this into account we can divide
the height of the shadow of the tree by 1.23 to get the real
height.
Maria who goes to IES in
Spain, used this method too. She said:
As 1 m of cane produce a shadow of 1,23
m, X m of tree must produce a shadow of 36,3 m.
X= 363000 x 100/123=2951.2 cm is the
height of the tree.
So the tree won´t reach the
greenhouse!